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Thomas Merton Translates Chant SIDE ONE of LP Laudate Dominum

by: Thomas Mrton & Monks at Abbey of Gethesemi, Kentucky

Publication date: 1951

Topics: Merton, Monk, Monastery, Thomas Merton, Trappist, Gregorian Chant, Chant, Contemplative, Latin, Catholic, Liturgy, Laudate Dominum, Abbey of Gethsemeni, Mass, Breviary, liber usualis

Language: English

This wonderful LP by famed Trappist Monk & Author, Thomas Merton was (according to my research) lamented because it wasn't available as a CD or in mp3 form. I paid a considerable sum to have one of the best media conversion houses in California eliminate pops on the LP.
These are all eleven tracks on SIDE ONE. SIDE TWO are all Marian chants & hymns--some of which I sang in Catholic school and maybe someday I will spend a few hours to download them here.
You may note that 10 of the 11 chants are simply Bible verses of praise or petition or parables or Biblical quotes on the life of Jesus.
Protestants need to know this!
This recording was made in 1951 by Merton an his fellow monks at the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. It is the oldest Trappist Monastery in the U.S. being founded in 1848.

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Reviewer: Mathtekno - - October 16, 2023
Subject: A sixty year search concluded

This album introduced my pre-teen self to the glory of chant, and powered dreams to escape to Bardsville, KY.
Though I knew nothing at first, I have come over decades to be very familiar with Merton, and Gregorian Chant. Even though I would tell folks about this album, I was never sure that it was other than a figment of my imagination. Until this week.
It sounds exactly as I remembered it.
"A voice was heard in Rama.."
So utterly, tragically relevant for events this week.

I offer my profound thanks.

Reviewer: Ali Devi - - December 13, 2017
Subject: Gratitude

Thank you for making this available. Are the Marian hymns anywhere to be found by now?

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